This is written to inform the citizens of Garfield county who've kept up with all the articles on the dilemma faced by fellow citizens of our county. There has been an Attempted injustice forced upon two of Garfield County's own, William & Kimberly Vezzoso of Carbondale, productive, Christian, tax paying citizens. After reading This, go to the website listed and support your fellow legal citizens in the petition to notify our elected and selected officials that this type of thing is not permissible in our County & contact the ones listed to show your support. Just as it's not 0 K to take someone's land for special interests, it's not OK to allow one to do something and refuse another the Identical RIGHTS , as it was found in court and it's not 0 K to force someone out of business for the sake of an "ANONYMOUS" complaint and an unhappy neighbor Regardless of who they know. Bill & Kimberly have lived and built their home and business outside of Carbondale since 1987 & have been in our county for 40 years.
An anonymous complaint spurred the county to go against a decision reached by the court & county commissioners in an action in 1991 with witnesses to that effect, Which allowed two categories of people cited , one group having less than 5 acres of land and one group having 5 acres or more, to store up to 10 pieces. Of heavy Equipment on that land. The Vezzoso's were of the latter group and were therefore allowed to have their equipment and business, Independent Trucking on their 5 +Acre country home-site outside Carbondale zoned A ward and now the county is attempting to reign on that, after their business & home have been built for over 16 years. After That courtroom agreement there were citations written to several people listed here and the court to save repetition, agreed to the arrangement. It's simple logic, "NO citation For anything is thrown away until a decision and appearance is made" and all of the other citations were "dismissed," no further action was taken, which in itself Shows the county had agreed . Tickets of NO kind, just go away on their own. If you don't believe me, try ignoring a traffic citation.
PROOF
# 1
There were 5 people cited in 1990/1991 for the same offense , including #1 Mr. Joe Zamora, #2 Elmer "Buckey" Arbaney (then commissioner for Garco), #3 Jerry Des Jarlias ( Frog Excavating) - who was made to cease and go out of business, #4 Ronald Troxel and #5 Clem Hughes , Plus others and a joint decision reached affecting all in The county court, case of Joe Zamora, case
#1991 M 000031 an agreement made in the halls of the courthouse was reached . By law, what was good for one was good For all citations before the court that day. Some could continue and others did not qualify, the Vezzosos had more than 5 acres , thereby qualifying. In the U.S .A. It is not legal nor correct to allow one Citizen something and disallow the identical RIGHT to others .
PROOF
# 2
The witnesses who testified in writing or in person for the Vezzosos of the counties agreeing that the Vezzosos were told they were legal in 1991 include and could Continue, citation dismissed are;
A) District Judge, Fred Gannett - He represented Joe Zamora and Bill Vezzoso and testified to The County that there were Two groups , those that prevailed absolutely and those who didn't - Mr. Vezzoso was in the group that prevailed
B) Frog Excavation, Jerry Des Jarlais - Who was put out of business because he didn't have enough property to support it. He had less than 5 acres . The county seized his equipment and shut down his business.
C) Joe Zamora - Who was grouped with Bill Vezzoso and allowed to keep up to 10 pieces of equipment on his property,
Along with others in his group as long as they had a large enough sized property (5 acres or more).
D) Bill Vezzoso - He has testified to what happened. It may be hard for others to remember the details , but since the County was trying to stop his way of supporting his family, he remembers ever detail, as do the other witnesses.
E) Bruce Hammer - He testified in front of the county that he sat side-by-side with Bill Vezzoso in the court house in 1991. He remembers the agreement exactly and has offered his sworn statement and has even offered it under use of a polygraph test.
F) Elmer "Buckey" Arbaney - and then commissioner ( now deceased ), who was cited for the same thing and allowed to continue, sue to having more than 5 acres.
PROOF
# 3
The county case "noted above" was finalized in 1991 according to County Court records and if it is not as the Vezzosos say, one must show The disposition of each and every citation that was to be heard that day and our county conveniently cannot find those records, HOWEVER all citations, including the Vezzosos show citations dismissed, with exception to Frog Excavating.
PROOF
# 4
This proof deals with the disgruntled neighbors veracity and anger, one Michael Kennedy. He has complained to the county that the Vezzosos were manufacturing Gravel and he bought some. The Vezzosos showed the county the receipt from the gravel pit with his actual name on it. On inspection proved FALSE. He also Complained to the county that the Vezzosos had a goat tied to a tree, on inspection proved FALSE. He claimed the Vezzosos started raising pigs to anger him, and they have letters of Proof of buying an selling livestock as far back as 1988 a pig sale to a Randy Smith and 1995 heifer purchase from Arthur Ackerman, showing they have done livestock since day one, so that was FALSE. This gentleman states in this very publication that he moved into the Vezzoso's neighborhood in 1982, when county tax records show it as 1988. Could his memory be that bad or might he want everyone to believe he has been there a long, long time? He has taken it upon himself to complain to the county multiple times that are recorded and we ask, what power does he wield that the county would not only respond that many times BUT why is it continuing? How can the county continue to take one citizen's word as gospel, when proven FALSE every single time and still cause the grief that they have to another citizen.
Who in our county government or their powerful acquaintances wishes to punish Bill& Kimberly Vezzoso and for what? WHY would they ignore leading citizen's testimony that the agreement was made, when even Judge Zerby remembers and John Martin cast a vote to leave it alone. Let your ELECTED OFFICIALS and APPOINTED ONES LSITED BELOW, know how you feel. Court is hearing motions on Apr. 25 in Glenwood where the county attorney Don DeFord is fighting conflict of interest allegations in this case.
I also might mention, the Vezzoso's fence recently was destroyed by high winds and to our counties credit they red-tagged it from reconstruction and it meets and exceeds ALL county regs. AND the county is trying to take the water rights in a ditch to Vezzoso's property, adjudicated by abstract from 1890 and deed from purchase, is county easement. Trouble is, when the county was granted supervision of said road for maintenance, it was expressly written, "no easements or rights of ways of ANY NATURE ENURE WITH THIS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. The Vezzoso's have expended a major portion of their retirement and wealth fighting this, it's now our turn. IT'S possible they could do it to you next. Written for the vezzosos by a friend NOT THE VEZZOSOS, they're too Christian to do it. PUT YOUR NAME ON THE PETITION and show the commissioners and attorneys, this kind of harassment is not to be tolerated in our county. THESE PEOPLE LISTED here need to know.
 Trési Houpt
Called out by name in the "anonymous complaint"
970-384-3665 :: thoupt@garfield-county.com
 Larry McCown
Voted to support this injustice.
970-945-5004 x 1330 :: lmccown@garfield-county.com
Don DeFord
GARCO County attorney
Fred Jarman
GARCO Building
& Planning Director
Fred Jarman (970-945-8212) cedinger@garfield-county.com
Sign the Petition Right Now
Spread the word. Help out a fellow GarCo citizen.
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